Japan sends missile units to southwestern island to face China threat

Japan on Thursday deployed Ground Self-Defense Force units including missile squads to a remote southern island near the disputed Senkaku Islands and Taiwan, apparently in response to China's intensifying military activities in nearby waters.Some 570 or fewer GSDF members will be stationed at a newly established garrison on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, with some assigned to land-to-ship and land-to-air missile units, according to the Defense Ministry.The island is located less than 200 kilometers south of the Senkaku island group in the East China Sea, controlled by Tokyo but clai…READ FULL ARTICLE